County profile
Chugach Census Area, AK*
United States · GDP 2024
#1532 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,076
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
379
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$73.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,553
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$90.5k±$6.8k
Bachelor's degree+
31.4%±5.1%
Poverty rate
5.9%±2.1%
Business applications
79 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
44.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Transportation22%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing11%
Arts & recreation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,553
residents · 2025 · -7.5% since 2020
Income per capita $74.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−650
International migration+31
Natural change+85
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$02019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$346.2k±$31.7k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
27.1%±2.9%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$8.5M
23 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Avalanche 95Earthquake 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2022
1272013
1442014
1342015
1442016
1472017
1472018
1482019
1682020
1802021
1872022
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2023–2025
↑ 156% since 202392023
252024
232025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2020–2023$73.8k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2020
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What is the GDP of Chugach Census Area?
Chugach Census Area's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 10.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.